A lot of the inflation, if you look at it in the us, is really coming from shelter and housing. And particularly you mentioned the cpi numbers earlier. While the headline cpi did increase, core cpi which excludes volatile inputs such as food and energy is actually higher. Its at 4. 3 . And thats illustrating that underlying inflation seems to be a lot stickier than anticipated, which, as far as fed policy goes, means that rates likely have to continue to stay higher for longer. The Federal Reserve has been keeping rates high, and that is likely to be the strategy we are expecting to see . Exactly, yeah, and there is other tools that potential they could leverage, such as reducing the size of the balance sheet, through so called quantitative tightening, and that could push yields up and increase Borrowing Costs which, in essence, has similar effects raising interest rates. As far as markets go, they are expecting the fed to raise rates not at this upcoming meeting, i believe, next week
he s there for two days, and the visit is aimed at strengthening ties with its southern neighbour. china is already vietnam s biggest investor. this year, registered investment from mainland china and hong kong combined doubled to more than $8 billion. that s compared to 2022 when pandemic restrictions were still in place in china. but with the us pushing to grow its influence in the region, beijing is also clinging to deepen relations with hanoi even further. raji biswas from s&p global market intelligence describes what s at stake for both countries. i think it s very much reflecting the importance of vietnam for china economically and of course it s an important neighbour as well. so, the political relationship, i think that will be important in terms of president xi s visit to strengthen bilateral ties further. but also, vietnam has become increasingly important in its own right as an export market for china. it s now the fifth largest export market for china and it s gro
the commercial real estate industry functions but it never reached its profitability, as you said there. its assets and liabilities of somewhere between $10 billion and $50 billion according to the bankruptcy report. we need to remember this was one of the most exciting projects on the horizon. it was worth $47 billion largely due to a chunk of investment from softbank but wall street were also excited, jp wall street were also excited, jp morgan chase was one of its first big investors. its co founder adam newman projected tremendous growth and took on expensive leases in big cities like new york and london and even here in singapore. but itjust never quite reached its profitability. and like so many industries, the covid 19 pandemic really impacted because a lot of clients now who had memberships with this company have pulled out because many of their workers are now working from home and they have done away with the real estate industry. as we have been reading this mornin
grappling with losses in debt since 2019. it was backed by soft bank ofjapan and has reshaped the office sector globally but it has now sought us bankruptcy protection on monday after its bets on companies using more of its coworking space sound. that is just coming out. we should have the latest news on our website and we will bring you more as we get it. that breaking news justin, wework has filed for bankruptcy protection in the united states due to heavy losses that it has been suffering since 2019. let s move on to beijing, where australia s prime minister has met chinese prime minister xi jinping. the leaders have expressed a desire to work together and move on from recent tensions. their relationship soured during the pandemic, after australia s previous government called for an independent intervention into the origins of covid 19. beijing slapped bans on products such as wheat, corn and barley. the tariffs which were only lifted this year. this is the chinese leader.
is under way. it sets the stage for a wednesday decision on whether they ll hike interest rates, or leave them unchanged. our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york. what do you get when you add strong consumer spending? a tightjob market and remarkable growth. you get a resilient economy, an economy that defied earlier predictions of a recession and one that s not buckling under the weight of the fed s interest rate hikes. see, raising interest rates is the fed s best tool to combat persistently high inflation, which consumers have seen reflected in higher prices for nearly everything. and while inflation has fallen by half from itsjune 2022 high of 7%, it s still higher than the fed s target of 2%. earlier this year, federal reserve policymakers hinted that they may hike interest rates once more before the year is out. they ll have a chance this week or at their last meeting in december, or they could not do it at all. investors and economists are predict